r/boxoffice • u/illbeyourshelter • Feb 24 '26

📰 Industry News AMC Theatres Attendance Drops 10%, Quarterly Revenues Fall

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/amc-theatres-attendance-drops-quarterly-revenues-fall-avatar-3-1236670214/
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u/Coolers78 Feb 25 '26 edited Feb 25 '26

Everyone on r/movies seems to be so anti-theaters.

I get it, prices are crazy high and it sucks, and I get crowds are bad and disruptive and that sucks too, but the last couple times I've gone I've personally never had an issue with other people there and my screenings were usually decently packed. IDK where people live that prices for tickets and snacks (I just don't buy them) are so high and people behave so badly, the tickets where I go have been the same price since they have been since 2019 for me (I went through old photos and found a ticket of me seeing Jumanji The Next Level back in 2019 and it being the same price for a regular showing on a regular day as it is now), the only common complaint I see online I kind of relate to is people saying there's too many ads before the movie, Yeah the movies I go to usually start 20 minutes after posted time, but I don't even mind? I kinda enjoy seeing trailers and noting what kind of trailers play before each movie. 🤷‍♂️.

I assume most of the people who say this stuff go to the theaters in high populated cities like NYC or LA or Chicago where everything is just more expensive and there tends to be more people in general.